checkpoint vs pawn

checkpoint

verb
  • To set a checkpoint. 

noun
  • A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to. 

  • A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection 

  • A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event. 

pawn

verb
  • To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop. 

  • To pledge; to stake or wager. 

noun
  • A gallery. 

  • Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end. 

  • An instance of pawning something. 

  • A pawnshop; pawnbroker. 

  • The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge. 

  • The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant. 

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